The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-13


L. p. GLEASON e. Co. are building an adj
ditional story to their furniture-shop build
ing on East State street.
THE Henry Il Burton Theater Company
opened weeks engagement at Capital
Hall Monday evening to fair house.
A BRUTAL fight occurred Monday evening
near the Wells River depot between Charles
Miller and Barre stone-cutter. The lat
ter was badly used up, but no arrests have
been made
EDWARD L. SMITH is spending a weeks
vacation from his duties as principal of the
school at Eaton, CT, with his parents in
Montpelier. He expects to return to Con-
necticut Saturday.
REV. L. TENNEY preached at Bethany
church on Sunday and Rev. Mr.. Sheldon OF
Waterbury is expected to preach next Sun
day in exchange with Rev. Mr.. Hincks, if
the health of the latter will permit.
The ice left Worcester branch on Mon
day, but is still solid in the Winooski river
above the Arch bridge. Preparations for its
breaking up were made on Monday by
the mill-dam.
L. W. SHEDD has yielded to the peculiar
attractions of Montpelier and again taken
up his residence in our midst, his field of
labor having been transferred to the East.
Mrs. Shedd is in Washington at present,
but will join her husband here in few
weeks.
Miss HATTIE TRoMBLEE expects to go to
Plattsburgh, n. Y, on Friday of this week,
her purpose being to enter one of the higher
schools in that city in order to secure GER
tain advantages which are there offered to
pupils. May she have many 90 and an
occasional 100!
In another column will be found formal
announcement of the marriage of Charles
T. Crandall of Philadelphia, Pa, and Lillian
g., daughter of Dea. +. E. Andrews of
Berlin. Mr.. Crandall is best known in
Montpelier as former clerk in the Mont
pelier post-office.
The entertainment at Blanchard Opera
house tomorrow evening is to be given
under the auspices of Brooks Relief Corps,
should be very largely attended. No or
couragement and assistance.
Miss RosALIE KELSEY of Brooklyn, N. Y,
sister of Mrs. H. NJ Pierce of this place,
will sail for Europe, with large party of
lady friends, in June next for three
months stay. Montpelier friends, of whom
she has many, trust that she may not en-
counter such storm as that which "once
upon a time ~ detained her for a whole
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PASSENGERS going north who arrived in
Montpelier Monday evening were COM
PEELED to remain here until Tuesday after
noon, when trains were first allowed to pass
the Bolton wash-out." Judges Ross and
Rowell, Assistant Treasurer G.. w. SAT-
ford and Wood Agent n. F. Clark of the
| Central Vermont railroad and the Boston
Concert Company were among the number.
Miss IDA LINDSAY, who went West about
two weeks since, was married to Fred E.
Leazer at Alfred, Dakota on Saturday,
April ID. Mrs. Leazer united with Trinity
church in this place when thirteen years of
age, and her life has been such as to afford
her friends assurance that she will give her
husband faithful aid in the missionary
labors which have called him to make his
home in the great Northwest.
LIGHTS of one candle power were substi-
tuted for those of two thousand candle
power on Sunday evening by some humor-
ously-inclined, but pubic-spirited indi-
vidual, who planted tallow dips at con-
venient points on Main and State streets.
One was set in the place of a carbon in the
arc lamp at the corner of School and Main
streets and was burning long after the hour
at which the "electrics " are usually eXtin-
guished
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(Vt.) post-office April o, 1887:
Miss Eva l. Cole; Geo. Z. Davis.
Mrs. Mary Ann Jones, II. w. Nelson,
Mrs. Ellen Mahoney. FP. Richards,
Mrs, Betsey Stertevant, Charles f. Wiley,
Charles Burnham, Fred Young.
Peter Cote,
Parties applying for any of the above must
say advertised" and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING, Postmaster.
EASTER was beautiful day in Mont
pelier and services in the various churches
were largely attended. The musical pro.
grammes published last week were fully
performed and to the delight of the large
audiences. Easter concerts were held al
Bethany and Trinity churches and the
| Church of the Messiah in the evening, in al
of which the children took prominent part
and at all of the churches the sermons of the
morning were appropriate to the occasion.
AT the annual meeting of Montpelier
Council, No, 4, Royal and Select Masters
held on Thursday evening, April 7th, the
following officers were elected for the yeal
ensuing: George w. Wing, T, |. NJ; Col
Inns Blakely, ID. M; George l.. Lane, p
Q: of NJ; James G. Houghton, treasurer
! Charles Hath rppnrIer. Il
Washburn, c. of G.; w. A. Briggs, c. o.
the c.. Rev. II. f. Hill, chaplain; Fred l.
Eaton, marshal; ID. S. Wheatley, steward
James A. Erwin, sentinel.
THE ladies of Christ church will hole
their annual Easter sale at the hall of the
Golden Fleece this afternoon and evening
when they will offer large and varied
assortment of useful and fancy articles made
and contributed for this sale A dolls
table, grab-bag, fortune-teling, an art ex
hibition homemade candies and supper
from five o'clock until seven are addtiona
attractions, and in the evening an entertain
ment will be offered, entitled "The Cradle
Songs of the Nations, " in which the nationa
costumes will be exhibited in tableaux, ac
companied by the national cradle songs
Everyone is invited, urged and expected t.
attend.
A MOST daring robbery was perpetrated
in this village on Sunday last. AT the
morning service at the Church of st. Angus
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